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La creación del hombre (mito maya quiché)

La creación del hombre (mito maya quiché)

Description: This animated video presents the K’iche’ (or Quiché) Maya myth of the creation of human beings, drawn from the Popol Vuh, the foundational text of K’iche’ Maya cosmology. In this account, the gods attempt several times to create...
La leyenda maya del colibrí

La leyenda maya del colibrí

Description: Mayan myth about the hummingbird. Teaching ideas: Use the myth genre as a lens to explore ideas about the relationship between humans and nature. Students can also write a myth about another species of their...
Milpa

Milpa

Description: Chef Regina Escalante sources local ingredients from traditional milpa systems and supports urban farming projects to empower her French-style cuisine and invite her consumers to support local products; in this meeting of worlds we are taken deep into the...
Sabores y saberes de la milpa

Sabores y saberes de la milpa

Description: Sabores y saberes de la milpa (Flavours and Knowledge of the Milpa), published in Spanish and Nahuatl, is the product of an extensive collaborative project between two collectives from Mexico City, Casa Gallina and Calpulli Tecalco. The book documents an...
El tiempo es Agua

El tiempo es Agua

Description: This short documentary was produced in 2018 by GTANW, IWGIA, Ore-media, and Canejo Producciones. It chronicles the Congress of the Autonomous Territorial Government of the Wampis Nation, held in 2017 in the community of Kandungos, on the Santiago River in...